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No. 62,603. Y PATENTED-MAR. 5, 1857.

G. W. BUFPINGTON.

FRUIT JAR'.

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@uitrit ,tsts' getint @frn` G. WV. BUFFINGTON, OF MEOHANAIGSBURG, OHIO.Leim Penn: No. 62,693, dated March 5, 1867.

IMPROVED FRUIT JAR.

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'ro ALL WHQM 1T MAY CONCERN:

Bc it known that I, G.' W.' UFFINQTOiv, of Mechanicsburg, in the countyof Champaign, and State of Ohio, have invented o. new and usefulimprovement in Fruit Jars, &c. and I do hereby declare that, thefollowing is a, full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the .art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, form-ing part of thisspecicntion.

The present invention relates to that 'class of fruit jars, 850 in whicha rigid plate or cover is provided, having around its edge a web or bandof elastic India. rubber for forming an air-tight joint between the saidcover and the jar., Sac., on which it is placed; and this inventionconsists in e novel mannenof securing the said elastic web or band tothe cover or plate in connection with a, peculiar form, to the neck ofthe jar, can, 86e., on which it tits, whereby many iinportant advantagesare obtained, as will be obvious from the following detail descriptionthereof, reference being had to the aceompanyingplate of drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a. central lvertical section-through the neck ot" afruit jor; and

. Figure 2, a. plan View of the plaztofoi` cover, with the elastic webor band turned up and over the upper side of the same. i v

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. Y

A, in the drawings, represents the plate or cover to the fruit jar, can,&e the edge B of which is turned or bent over, securing an elastic webor band of-India. rubber, E, to it; C, the neck of' the jar, Svc.,around .the mouth D of `which it is turnedror curved inward, as plainlyshown in the drawings. Over this inouth the cover or plate is placed,ttng around and upon the same, whcznturning the elastic web or band Edown and over the outside of the mouth D, the `cover is made perfectlyarbtight, nnd by the pressure of air upon the top ot the same, owing tothe vecuurn'or partial vacuumI upon the inside of the jar, &c., causedby the cooling of the fruit therein, the cover is rrnly held. upon thejar,'when, having come to a' perfectly `nir-tight seat thereon, theclasticweb is then turned up from the vsides of the jai-, mou'th, andover and upon the upper side of the cover or plate the said elastic web,by being thus turned 11p, preserving its original `form, and alsoprevented from becoming relaxed, which would occur were it -left overthe 'mouth of the jar.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patenti The combinationand arrangement of Vthe plate A, elesticband E mouth of jar D, curvedinward so as to form a seat for the cover A, substantially as herein setforthfor the purpose specified.

v G, W, BUFFlNGTON, Witnesses: l

W. MARTIN,

J. E. HUNTER.

